|
" Gamma-ray astronomy / "
Poolla V. Ramana Murthy, Arnold W. Wolfendale.
| Document Type
|
:
|
BL
|
| Record Number
|
:
|
981252
|
| Doc. No
|
:
|
b735622
|
| Main Entry
|
:
|
Ramana Murthy, P. V.
|
| Title & Author
|
:
|
Gamma-ray astronomy /\ Poolla V. Ramana Murthy, Arnold W. Wolfendale.
|
| Edition Statement
|
:
|
2nd ed.
|
| Publication Statement
|
:
|
Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 1993.
|
| Series Statement
|
:
|
Cambridge astrophysics series ;; 22
|
| Page. NO
|
:
|
xiii, 259 pages :: illustrations ;; 26 cm.
|
| ISBN
|
:
|
0521420814
|
|
|
:
|
: 9780521420815
|
| Bibliographies/Indexes
|
:
|
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-256) and index.
|
| Contents
|
:
|
1. Production and absorption mechanisms -- 1.2. Gamma-ray production mechanisms -- 1.3. Gamma-ray loss mechanisms -- 2. Gamma-ray line astronomy -- 2.2. Lines from the interstellar medium -- 2.3. The 511 keV line from the Galactic Centre -- 2.4. Gamma-ray lines from other Galactic objects -- 2.5. SN 1987A -- 2.6. Gamma-ray lines from other galaxies -- 3. Gamma-ray bursts -- 3.2. Detectors and instrumentation -- 3.3. Time histories -- 3.4. Energy spectra -- 3.5. Identification of burst sources at other wavelengths -- 3.6. Statistics of gamma-ray bursts -- 3.7. Source models and mechanisms -- 4. Medium energy gamma-rays -- 4.2. History -- 4.3. The SAS II satellite -- 4.4. The COS II satellite -- 4.5. Gamma-ray sources -- 4.6. The diffuse Galactic emission -- 4.7. Extragalactic gamma-rays -- 4.8. New experimental programmes -- 5. Ultra high energy gamma-rays -- 5.2. Observational analytical techniques -- 5.3. Results on UHEGR emission -- 5.4. Source models and implications -- 5.5. Puzzles -- 5.7. Appendix: gamma-ray sources.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Gamma ray astronomy.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Astronomie.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Gamma ray astronomy.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Gammaastronomie
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Rayons gamma.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
csillagászat-- gamma-sugárzás
|
| Dewey Classification
|
:
|
522/.6862
|
| LC Classification
|
:
|
QB471.R36 1993
|
| NLM classification
|
:
|
39.13bcl
|
|
|
:
|
PHY 923fstub
|
|
|
:
|
US 1650rvk
|
| Added Entry
|
:
|
Wolfendale, A. W.
|
| |